Microfinance is a dominant strategy used to promote rural development around the world.
Rather than directly track its impact on borrowers, however, microfinance institutions rely on …

In recent years, international banks, investment agencies, and development institutions have
created new markets for capital accumulation by rapidly expanding the commercial …

This article critically analyzes agrarian finance in terms of household credit and debt in the
global south. I introduce interdisciplinary concepts about agrarian finance before reviewing …

Many people in the Global South have left behind rural homes in search of employment in
urban and transnational labor markets often defined by precarious work. Employment is …

This paper contributes to new understandings of agrarian transition for smallholder rice
farming in Southeast Asia through quantitative data analysis from Thailand's two main rice …

Social impact investment for microfinance has become a dominant form of poverty regulation
in the global south. These investments aim to alleviate poverty by extending financial …

ABSTRACT Indigenous Community Land Titles (ICLTs) in Cambodia promised to protect
Indigenous land tenure and rotational swidden cultivation. However, the proliferation of …

We examine the 'institutional configuration'that makes land titles work as collateral in
Tanzania's nascent credit market, through the 'institutional work'of local lenders. This work is …

Financial inclusion is a leading driver of household debt across the global South. Although
critical geographers have analysed this debt through the lens of financialisation, few have …

Social impact investors claim to promote sustainable development by mobilizing private
finance capital to solve pressing global challenges like poverty alleviation. In this paper, I …